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ACT a HERPETOLOGICA December December 2019 Vol. 14 – N. 2 14 – N. Vol. December 2019 December ISSN 1827-9635 2019 Vol. 14 – N. 2 Acta Herpetologica ACTA HERPETOLOGICA ACTA Iscritto al Tribunale di Firenze con il n° 5450 del 03/11/2005 di Firenze Tribunale Iscritto al 70% DCB Firenze Abbonamento Postale - Spedizione in Italiane S.p.A. Poste FIRENZE PRESSUNIVERSITY Acta Herpetologica Acta Herpetologica è la rivista ufficiale della Societas Herpetologica Italica (S.H.I.), un’associazione scientifi- ca che promuove la ricerca erpetologica di base e applicata, la divulgazione delle conoscenze e la protezio- ne degli Anfibi e Rettili e dei loro habitat. Acta Herpetologica is the official journal of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (S.H.I.), a scientific associa- tion that promotes basic, applied, and conservation researches on Amphibians and Reptiles. Direttore responsabile (Editor): Marco Mangiacotti, DSTA, Università di Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, 27100 Pavia, Italia Redattori (Associate Editors): Aaron Matthew Bauer, Villanova University, United States Adriana Bellati, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Pavia, Italy Daniele Pellitteri-Rosa, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy Dario Ottonello, Centro Studi Bionaturalistici, Italy Ernesto Filippi, Sogesid-Ministero dell’Ambiente, Roma, Italy Emilio Sperone, Università della Calabria, Italy Fabio Maria Guarino, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy Marcello Mezzasalma, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy Marco Sannolo, CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal Raoul Manenti, Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano Rocco Tiberti, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy Simon Baeckens, University of Antwerp, Belgium Stefano Scali, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Italy Uwe Fritz, Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, Germany Consiglio direttivo S.H.I. (S.H.I. Council): Presidente (President): Roberto Sindaco Vice Presidente (Vice-President): Sandro Tripepi Segretario (Secretary): Dalila Giacobbe Tesoriere (Treasurer): Gulia Tessa Consiglieri (Council members): Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Lucio Bonato, Luciano di Tizio Sito ufficiale S.H.I. (Official S.H.I. website): http://www-3.unipv.it/webshi Modalità di associazione Le nuove domande di associazione sono esaminate periodicamente dal Consiglio Direttivo; solo succes- sivamente i nuovi soci riceveranno la comunicazione di accettazione con le modalità per regolarizzare l’iscrizione (ulteriori informazioni sul sito: http://www.unipv.it/webshi). La quota annuale di iscrizione alla S.H.I. è di € 35,00. I soci sono invitati a versare la quota di iscrizione sul conto corrente postale n. 62198205 intestato a: SHI Societas Herpetologica Italica. In alternativa è possibile effettuare un bonifico bancario sul Conto Corrente Postale: n. conto 62198205 intestatario: SHI Societas Herpetologica Italica IBAN: IT-54-K-07601-03200-000062198205. Membership The S.H.I. Council will examine periodically new applications to S.H.I.: if accepted, new Members will receive confirmation and payment information (for more information contact the official website: http:// www.unipv.it/webshi). Annual membership fee is € 35.00 (Euro). Payments are made on the postal account of SHI Societas Herpetologica Italica no. 62198205, or by bank transfer on postal account no. 62198205 IBAN: IT-54-K-07601-03200-000062198205 to SHI Societas Herpetologica Italica. Versione on-line: http://www.fupress.com/ah Acta Herpetologica Vol. 14, n. 2 - December 2019 Firenze University Press Referee list. In alphabetical order the scientists that have accepted to act as editorial board members of Acta Her- petologica vol. 14 (2019). Elenco dei revisori. In ordine alfabetico gli studiosi che hanno fatto parte del comitato editoriale di Acta Herpe- tologica vol. 14 (2019). Alejandra Fabres; Anamarija Zagar; Antonieta Labra; Ariane Standing; Carlos Taboada; Dan Cogalniceanu; Daniele Delle Monache; Dirk Bauwens; Elena Grasselli; Fabio M. Guarino; Fabrizio Oneto; Federico Marrone; Feist Sheena; Francois Druelle; Giulia Tessa; Hendrik Mueller; Joanne Paul-Murphy; John Sikes IV; Josabel Belliure; Jus- tin P. Lawrence; Kerim Cicek; Marco A.L. Zuffi; Marco Sannolo; Marcos Peso; Mariana Cabagna-Zenklusen; Mattia Falaschi; Michel-Jean Delaugerre; Miguel Carretero; Naeimeh Eskandarzadeh; Philippe Geniez; Raoul Manenti; Ricar- do Montero; Roberto Sacchi; Rui Rebelo; Santosh M. Mogali; Sebastiano Salvidio; Slawomir Mitrus; Stefano Scali; Val- entin Pérez-Mellado; Vinicius Guerra; Wen Bo Liao; Xavier Bonnet; Xavier Santos. Acta Herpetologica 14(2): 71-80, 2019 DOI: 10.13128/a_h-7744 Podarcis siculus latastei (Bedriaga, 1879) of the Western Pontine Islands (Italy) raised to the species rank, and a brief taxonomic overview of Podarcis lizards Gabriele Senczuk1,2,*, Riccardo Castiglia2, Wolfgang Böhme3, Claudia Corti1 1 Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze, Sede “La Specola”, Via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy. *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Università di Roma La Sapienza, via A. Borelli 50, 00161 Roma, Italy 3 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D53113, Bonn, Germany Submitted on: 2019, 12th March; revised on: 2019, 29th August; accepted on: 2019, 20th September Editor: Aaron M. Bauer Abstract. In recent years, great attention has been paid to many Podarcis species for which the observed intra-specific variability often revealed species complexes still characterized by an unresolved relationship. When compared to oth- er species, P. siculus underwent fewer revisions and the number of species hidden within this taxon may have been, therefore, underestimated. However, recent studies based on genetic and morphological data highlighted a marked differentiation of the populations inhabiting the Western Pontine Archipelago. In the present work we used published genetic data (three mitochondrial and three nuclear gene fragments) from 25 Podarcis species to provide a multilocus phylogeny of the genus in order to understand the degree of differentiation of the Western Pontine populations. In addition, we analyzed new morphometric traits (scale counts) of 151 specimens from the main islands of the Pontine Archipelago. The phylogenetic analysis revealed five principal Podarcis groups with biogeographic consistency. The genetic distinctiveness of the Podarcis populations of the Western Pontine Islands is similar or even more ancient than those observed in numerous other pairs of Podarcis sister species. In the light of these evidences we raise the Western Pontine lizards to specific rank; thus they should be referred to as Podarcis latastei. Keywords. Reptilia, Podarcis latastei, Podarcis siculus, insular lizards, Mediterranean. INTRODUCTION ing, as some predecessors did, only “varieties“ within this species (Boulenger, 1887, 1905, 1913, 1920). His main The wall lizards belonging to the genus Podarcis antagonist, representing the taxonomic “splitter“ fac- Wagler, 1830 are among the most speciose vertebrates in tion, was Ludwig von Méhely (1862-1953) who consid- Europe, representing one of the most important faunis- ered many of Boulenger’s “varieties” to be distinct species tic elements of the Mediterranean insular biota. Origi- (Méhely, 1907, 1909). He wrote: «Like a night-mare, the nally, two opposite taxonomic viewpoints (“lumping“ and so-called muralis question is burdening the mind of her- “splitting“) were – partly emotionally – discussed in the petologists» (Méhely, 1907). Despite modern approaches, late 19th and early 20th centuries. At that time the most molecular genetics included, Méhely was closer to the prominent representative of the “lumpers“ was George A. current concept than his more influential contempo- Boulenger (1859-1937) who joined numerous wall lizards rary colleague; however, the number of Podarcis species together under the name “Lacerta muralis“ distinguish- is still debated. For example, 21 taxa were recognized as ISSN 1827-9635 (print) © Firenze University Press ISSN 1827-9643 (online) www.fupress.com/ah 72 Gabriele Senczuk et alii valid species by Speybroeck et al. (2010), whereas other ventotenensis = Podarcis siculus ventotenensis (Taddei, authors have suggested 23 (Sindaco et al., 2013; Uetz and 1949) from Ventotene; Lacerta sicula pasquinii = Podar- Hošek, 2016; but see Psonis et al., 2017). The taxonomic cis siculus pasquinii (Lanza, 1952) from Scoglio Cappello wavering of the genus Podarcis is mainly due to the pres- near Palmarola; Lacerta sicula patrizii = Podarcis siculus ence of marked intra-specific variability with multiple patrizii (Lanza, 1952) from Zannone; Lacerta sicula lan- species complexes characterized by unresolved relation- zai = Podarcis siculus lanzai (Mertens, 1967) from Gavi ships (Harris and Arnold, 1999; Oliverio et al., 2000; and Lacerta sicula palmarolae = Podarcis siculus pal- Harris et al., 2005; Lymberakis et al., 2008). Table 1 sum- marolae (Mertens, 1967) from Palmarola (cfr. Lanza and marizes this taxonomic/nomenclatural history of the cur- Corti, 1996; Corti et al., 2010). rently recognized Podarcis species. Podarcis siculus parkeri was synonymized with P. s. In contrast to the great taxonomic attention paid sanctistephani (Mertens and Wermuth, 1960; Mertens, to numerous Podarcis species, P. siculus has undergone 1965), which is believed to have become extinct during fewer revisions and the number of species hidden within the first
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